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public of
the Korea
trees
referred
5. The question by his I Bowring to a
ing of the Altowcy
consisting
to a commission
General, the Commanding Royal Engineer and Mr. Power,
and ine
would
hegto
attention to the a
call
very
able
report presented by them.
The principal conclusions
to which they come
are,
that
to secure the necessary uniformity in execution the
work should be undertaken by the Government itself - that the Marine Lot holders who have extended their Lots by encroachments on the
Lea
have no right to such
encroachments without a formal grant, and that all
who obtain additional Land
by
should
the construction of the
Raya should be required to pay a proportionate charge for it : 6. The real point to be decided by Her Majesty's Government in the recepty
is
or advantage of the proposed work to the inhabitants of the Colony. If this can be
made out we
do not think
that the interests of the small number of Lot-holders, however respectable and wealthy